Robert Roberson’s execution: Texas Supreme Court clears way …
Nov 15, 2024 · Robert Roberson, 57, was set to be executed in October, but a state House committee, using its investigatory powers, issued a subpoena for Roberson’s testimony, which led the state Supreme...
Testimony of Texas man whose execution was ... - Associated Press News
Dec 20, 2024 · AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ attorney general sought again on Thursday to stop a man on death row from testifying to lawmakers who have raised doubts about his guilt and successfully paused his execution at the last minute in October.. Robert Roberson was convicted in 2003 of killing his 2-year-old daughter. His execution had been set to be the first in the U.S. over a conviction tied to ...
Texas Supreme Court orders last-minute stay of execution for Robert …
Oct 28, 2024 · HUNTSVILLE — The Texas Supreme Court halted the scheduled execution of Robert Roberson late Thursday night, hours before he was poised to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a...
Where Robert Roberson and Texas courts stand after legal war
Oct 18, 2024 · Over six hours on the day Robert Roberson was set to be put to death, Texas House lawmakers waged a rollercoaster legal battle to delay his execution, setting off a separation-of-powers...
Texas Supreme Court rules against lawmakers who stopped execution | AP News
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot stop an execution after Republican and Democratic lawmakers who say Robert Roberson is innocent used the novel maneuver to pause his execution at the last minute.
Execution of Robert Roberson to resume, Texas Supreme Court says - CBS News
Nov 15, 2024 · AUSTIN – After months of delays and an attempt for clemency, the execution of Robert Roberson will resume, according to a new filing from the Texas Supreme Court. Roberson was convicted in...
Will Robert Roberson testify at Texas lawmakers' hearing? - NBC News
6 days ago · AUSTIN, Texas — Death row inmate Robert Roberson, who faces the prospect of becoming the first person in the U.S. to be executed for a “shaken baby” death, was a no-show Friday at a hearing ...
Texas was about to execute Robert Roberson ... - Associated Press News
Oct 18, 2024 · Robert Roberson, who had been set to be the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, had his execution delayed after a dramatic few hours of legal wrangling among three different Texas courts.
Robert Roberson's death penalty case proceeds despite ... - CBS News
Oct 18, 2024 · Roberson was subpoenaed Wednesday night by a bipartisan group of Texas state lawmakers on the state House Criminal Justice Committee after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles earlier in...
Robert Roberson: The 11th-hour race to save a Texas death row …
Oct 19, 2024 · Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night, just feet from the execution chamber where he was set to die by lethal injection for the “shaken baby” death of...